jbarryweb

Ended up not needing to modify PHP headers after I discovered the built-in “template_redirect” action.

I am still curious though if/what root level files get overwritten when WordPress is updated from the admin interface?

Generally speaking, I don’t think you’ll run into issues as long as you follow the link Geoffrey provided, and are using a standard installation of WordPress.

If you’re trying to get pretty permalinks working, create a web.config file at the root of your WordPress installation and use something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
			<rule name="wordpress" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
				<match url="*"/>
					<conditions>
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true"/>
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true"/>
					</conditions>
				<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php"/>
			</rule></rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

You could be running into issues caused by a .htaccess file. This is usually found at the root level of the site. This is the biggest problem I’ve run into when moving from Linux to Windows. Also check that you’re PHP version, and similar settings are the same on your server.

If you’ve moved to a windows server, you’ll probably need to use a web.config file instead of .htaccess file. Your hosting provider can probably help you get that setup.

Thanks Mac, that did the trick.

Great! Thanks for your help Jean.